Oberbootsmann
Oberbootsmann designates in the German Navy of the Bundeswehr a military person or member of the armed forces. It belongs to the particular rank group Senior NCOs with port epée.
According to the salary class it is equivalent to the Oberfeldwebel of Heer or Luftwaffe. It is grouped as OR6 in NATO, equivalent to First Sergeant, Master Sergeant, or Senior Chief Petty Officer in the US Armed forces, and to Warrant Officer Class 2 in the British Army and Royal Navy.
In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr Oberbootsmann also informally / short Oberbootsmann.
The sequence of ranks in that particular group is as follows:
Unteroffiziere mit Portepee
The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"!- – Premier-maître chef/ Eerste meester
- – Chief petty officer 2nd class/ Premier maître de 2e classe
- – Stožerni narednik
- – Seniorsergent
- – Premier maître
- – Επικελευστής/ Epikelefstis
- – Petty officer/specialist
- – secondo capo scelto
- – Sergeant-majoor
- – no equivalent
- – Młodszy chorąży marynarki
- – Sargento-ajudante
- – Sargento primero
- – Chief Petty Officer/ Colour Sergeant
- – Chief Petty Officer/ Gunnery Sergeant
